{"id":323840,"date":"2024-05-20T20:57:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=323840"},"modified":"2024-05-20T20:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:57:43","slug":"its-annoying-dangote-speaks-on-struggles-of-obtaining-visas-to-travel-within-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/20\/its-annoying-dangote-speaks-on-struggles-of-obtaining-visas-to-travel-within-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It&#8217;s annoying\u2019\u2013 Dangote speaks on struggles of obtaining visas to travel within Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Dangote said the Chairman of Total Energies, Patrick Pouyanne, does not need 35 visas on his French passport to gain access to African countries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>He said Nigeria will stop importing fuel by June, as his refinery begins production of the product.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Aliko Dangote, Africa\u2019s richest man, has lamented that he confronts obstacles as an investor, because he needs different 35 visas on his Nigerian passport to travel within Africa.<\/p>\n<p>He said this while speaking at the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, the Rwandan capital<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still complained to President Kagame. I told him that as an investor, I have to now apply for 35 different visas on my passport, and I told Mr. President, I really don\u2019t have the time to go and be dropping my passports in embassies to get a visa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you see, the most annoying thing is that yes, if you are treating everybody the same, then I can understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Using the French passport as an example, Dangote said Patrick Pouyanne, chairman of Total Energies, does not need 35 visas on his French passport to gain access to African countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t need 35 visas on your French passport. This means you have a freer movement than myself in Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further on businesses within Africa, he said right now, \u201cour main job is to make sure the regional markets all work. Once they work, then we can now go to Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). But then, for AfCFTA also, we need to make sure that it works\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot have a very promising continent and our intra-trade rate is less than 16 percent. Okay, so we Africans will have to do it. If we are waiting for foreigners to come and do it, both the development of Africa, it\u2019s not going to happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it can only happen to us Africans. We must risk our sources and make sure that we lead, then we will have people who actually trust and believe in Africa like Patrick to come and help us to push to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, at the event, the business mogul announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/18\/nigeria-to-end-fuel-imports-by-june-says-dangote\/\"><strong>Nigeria will not have to import<\/strong><\/a> petrol into the country by June when Dangote refinery commences production of the product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dangote said the Chairman of Total Energies, Patrick Pouyanne, does not need 35 visas on his French passport to gain access to African countries. He said Nigeria will stop importing fuel by June, as his refinery begins production of the product. 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